Olympic Nationwide Parks & Forest

The Games introduced together 14 nations and 241 athletes who competed in 43 occasions. Zappas and his cousin Konstantinos Zappas had left the Greek government a trust to fund future Olympic Games. George Averoff contributed generously for the refurbishment of the stadium in preparation for the Games. “I am shocked by the news of sailor…

Read More

Special Olympics

Baron Pierre de Coubertin based the International Olympic Committee in 1894, leading to the primary fashionable Games in Athens in 1896. The IOC is the governing body of the Olympic Movement, with the Olympic Charter defining its construction and authority. Two USA 49ers and one 49erFX presently sit within the top 10 of World Sailing’s…

Read More